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A Survey To Determine Methods Used By Selected Employers Of Cache County, Utah, To Assess Desirable Personal Characteristics Need By Typists, Stenographers, And Secretaries, Gail Verderamo Benson

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

One major aspect of business education has always been character training. In many cases, businessmen feel that the technical skills are not as important as good character. Therefore, business educators must consider the wishes of the businessman and train their students to fill the jobs he offers. By trying to instill many of the desirable personal characteristics in students, business educators may help meet this goal.

The character traits needed by business would depend on the needs of the individual business and the personal preferences of the person in charge of hiring. There are differences, both in quantity and quality, …

Educational Mathematical Games As An Aid To Learning With Seventh Grade Mathematics Students At Wahlquist Junior High, Lewis Riley Taylor

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

One of the trends in mathematics has been the introduction of educational games as learning devices . A student's attitude toward mathematics is recognized to be very high when games are used. Walter Cronkite, on CBS television, summed up the promise of educational gaming when he said, "By participating, by playing a game , an other - wise dull subject becomes fascinating and unforgettable to the student." (Nesbitt, 1971, p. 2) Bradfield states it in this manner:

Many teachers of mathematics are unbelievably boring in their approach to teaching. Consequently , many potentially strong students never develop any great liking …

Organization And Administration Of Student Government - Particular Reference To Intermountain Indian School, Maurice C. Whitaker

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The student council idea is now widely accepted in secondary schools in the United States; its full potential in contributing to the education and lives of students has not been realized fully in a great many instances.

The student council is a dynamic movement and because it is dynamic it is capable of change to meet new conditions. Hence, it cannot remain basically the same year in and year out. The changing dimensions of the student council can be realized only if students, faculty and principals work at it.

Chris Argyris And Organizational Behavior, Richard L. White

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

This paper is about organizational behavior and one man's research and ideas about this subject. That man is Chris Argyris.

Chris Argyris has been at Yale University for nearly two decades as a professor of Industrial Administration until recently moving to Harvard. During that period of time he has evolved from a beginning student of the behavioral sciences to a respected scholar and research authority in the field of organizational behavior. His own ideas have changed from a beginning theoretical framework to more established and accepted commentaries on organizational behavior.

The purpose of this paper is to dissect and explain …

Values And Schooling, Perspectives For School People And Parents, James P. Shaver

Faculty Honor Lectures

One of the most perplexing issues facing school people is posed by the question, "What should the school's role be in regard to students' values?" Some version of that question may even on occasion provoke concern among parents. When they do become involved in related disputes over what the .school should be doing - usually as part of an aroused minority reacting to a new element in the school program - parents are .likely to make such declarations as, "The school has no business messing with the values of our children!" Individually, they are likely to think, but not say …

Utah Science Vol. 33 No. 1, March 1972

Utah Science

Ecology, environment, and natural resource scientists-an editorial, Thadis W. Box 3

Wildlife Notes 4, 34

There is a difference between saying and doing, H. K. Hancock 5

New dean of agriculture appointed 6

Answering questions about tourism-a growing economic development tool, John D. Hunt, Perry J. Brown and John H. Schomaker 7

Range productivity and economics, John P. Workman, John C. Malechek and Arthur D. Smith 10

Behavioral control of vertebrate pests, D. F. Balph and C. V. Grant 12

The plant ecology of Utah's desert rangelands, Martyn M. Caldwell and Neil E. West 14

Associate dean of agriculture appointed …

Demography And Role Of Herbivorous Ants In A Desert Ecosystem As Functions Of Vegetation, Soil And Climate Variables, W. G. Whiteford, G. Ettershank

Memorandum

No abstract provided.

General Catalog 1972-1974, Utah State University

University Catalogs

General Catalog of 1972-1974

Contains course descriptions, University college calendar, and college administration.

International Arid Lands Workshop September 9-19, 1972 Report, U.S. International Biological Program

Reports

No abstract provided.

Diets, Food Preferences, And Reproductive Cycles Of Some Desert Rodents, R. P. Balda, G. C. Bateman, T. A. Vaughan

Memorandum

No abstract provided.

The Great Salt Lake And Utah's Water Resources , Utah Water Research Laboratory

Reports

Introduction: It is appropriate to introduce these proceedings with a brief description of this history and objectives of the American Water Resources Association (AWRA). Quoting from a recent information borchure published by the AWRA, it is a non-profit, scientific organization that was incorporated in the State of Illinous in March, 1964, with headquarters in Urbana, Illinois. A major factor in the establishment of the AWRA was the need for an organization to encourage and foster interdisciplinary communication between professionals of diverse backgrounds working on all aspects of water resources problems. The principal objectives of AWRA are stated briefly as follows: …

Effects Of Land Use On Water Quality: Summit Creek, Smithfield, Utah, David W. Meyers, E. Joe Middlebrooks, Donald B. Porcella

Reports

The effects of various land uses on water quality in Summit Creek were evaluated during the period beginning March 13, 1971, and ending October 27, 1971. Potential sources of pollution investigated where: (1) septic tank use, (2) feedlot runoff, (3) urban runoff, (4) rural runoff. Samples were collected from five sampling stations on 16 separate days during the sampling period. Analyses were performed to determine the following constituents: ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, total phosphorus, orthophosphate, coliform bacteria, chloride, suspended solids, volatile suspended solids, total carbon, organic carbon, temperature, and pH. Agricultural activates, including livestock feedlot operations, were identified as the major …

Student Life, August 16, 1971, Vol. 68, No. 100, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Student Life, July 19, 1971, Vol. 68, No. 96, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Student Life, July 6, 1971, Vol. 68, No. 94, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Student Life, May 21, 1971, Vol. 68, No. 87, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Effects Of Temperature And Photoperiod On The Imaginal Diapause Of The Alfalfa Weevil, Hypera Postica (Gyllenhal), Larry H. Bennett

Biology

The developmental stage which is responsible for the photoperiodic induction of diapause in the alfalfa weevil was determined by subjecting an increasing number of developmental stages to a long-day photoperiod (16 hours) and subsequently transferring them to a short-day photoperiod (8 hours). Adults which did not oviposit by 90 days after emergence were considered to be in diapause. Exposure of the larval and pupal stages to the long-day photoperiod resulted in 32-47% diapausing adult females, which was similar to a control group reared entirely at the short-day photoperiod. However, when the adult stage was exposed to the long-day photoperiod for …

Time And Motion Study Of Agonistic Behavior In The Red Jungle Fowl, Gallus Gallus, Richard Howard Wilson

Biology

Agonistic postures of Red Jungle Fowl hens were studied during initial pair encounters, and during the introduction of strangers into established flocks, using time and motion analysis of motion picture films. The posture of each hen was quantitatively determined by measuring the angles of the trunk, neck and tail to the horizontal. These three measurements were added to obtain a posture index. Comparisons were made of postural measurements for the same individual in contests which it won and in contests which it lost. No statistically significant difference could be demonstrated, but a trend for the neck angle and posture index …

A Comparative Study Of The Mutationally Unstable Mutants Forked-3n And White-Ivory Of Drosophila Melanogaster, Ronny C. Woodruf

Biology

The unstable Drosophila melanogaster mutants f³ⁿ (1-56.7 and wⁱ (1-1.5) have been observed to revert frequently to wild type with similar parameters of reversion. Therefore, it was the objective of this investigation to critically compare the properties of the f³ⁿ reversion event to previously reported data on wⁱ reversion and to determine if the two phenomena are truly similar. After confirming the previously reported spontaneous and X-ray-induced f³ⁿ reversion frequencies, it was determined that f³ⁿ reversion events in homozygous females are independent of recombination of outside markers. This is consistent with the properties of …

Freshwater Food Habits Of Salvelinus Malma (Walbaum) On Amchitka Island, Alaska, John F. Palmisano

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Stomach contents of 3,672 Dolly Varden char collected from September 1967 to November 1968 were examined to determine the food habits of this species. Of these, 3,100 (86%) had food in their stomachs. Aquatic invertebrates (Insecta and Crustacea) comprised over 90% of the diet. Food habits varied with habitat. Aquatic insects were most important in the diet of stream fish while aquatic insects and crustaceans were most important in the diet of lake fish. Food habits of lake fish were re- 1ated to lake bottom type and access to the sea. Fish in landlocked lakes fed primarily on aquatic insects, …

A Comparison Of Technologist Needs And Training Requirements Of The Major Industries Within The State Of Utah, Gene E. Forsberg

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The technologist needs and training requirements were determined from a selected cross-section of Utah industrial firms.

The larger industries were significantly more aware of the training requirements and capabilities of four-year technologists than were the smaller firms.

A significant difference was found regarding general and specialized training required by each firm. Thirteen of the 16 responding firms indicated specialized training as being most important.

The 10 areas of technical training rated most critical in their order of importance were: electronics, technical writing, electricity, English, mathematics (calculus and above), machine shop, manufacturing processes, physics, and metallurgy and design.

There was no …

The Self-Concept And Self-Actualization Of University Faculty In Relation To Student Perceptions Of Effective Teaching, A. Paul King

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a relationship between student ratings of university instructors and instructors' self-concept and self-actualization. During the academic year 1970-71, students rated faculty members teaching undergraduate courses from the "Illinois Course Evaluation Questionnaire", Instructors rated high or in the top three deciles were defined in this study as "good" or "effective" teachers, and those rated low or in the lower three deciles were defined as "poor" or "ineffective" instructors. Sixty-eight percent or 118 of the instructors in these categories submitted to two psychological tests--the "Index of Adjustment and Values" and the …

Eating Quality Of Beef: Influence Of Cooking Method; Sires; Mineral (Fe, Mg, Zn, Na, K, And P), Lipid, And Nitrogen Content, Elisabeth E. Ream

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The influence on eating quality of beef of cooking method, sires, mineral (Fe, Mg, Zn, Na, K, and P), lipid, and nitrogen content was determined by objective measurements, sensory evaluations, cooking losses, and chemical analysis. Two adjacent arm and two adjacent rib roasts from 18 Herford animals were used. The arm and rib (sixth to eighth ribs) roasts were deboned, cut in half, and randomly assigned to the conventional or electronic ovens for dry roasting to the medium-rare stage (145 F, 147 F). Roasts of the ninth to twelfth ribs were dry-roasted in a meat research oven at 325 F …

A Procedure For Measuring Residual Rennin Activity In Whey And Curd From Freshly Coagulated Milk, Jorge Reyes

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A procedure was developed for measuring residual rennin activity in curd extracts and whey. A sensitive substrate at pH 5.8 was prepared by mixing 6 grams of low-heat nonfat dry milk in 500 milliliters buffer containing 0.05 molar cacodylic acid, 0.02 molar calcium chloride, and 0.012 molar triethanolamine, and storing it at 2 degrees centigrade for 18 hours. Two milliliters of whey or curd extract were inoculated into 25 milliliters of substrate at 30 degrees centigrade. The coagulation time was measured and compared to that induced by 2 milliliters of a known rennin concentration added at the same time to …

The Effects Of Telone And Related Compounds On The Synthesis And Degradation Of Carotenoids In Plants, David L. Berry

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The incorporation of 3-¹⁴C-,B-hydroxy-, B-methylglutaric acid (HMG) vii into carotenoids of excised etiolated maize shoots, crude cell free extracts and soluble extracts (20, 000 x g) of maize was investigated. HMG was effectively incorporated into carotenoids of excised shoots, crude extracts and soluble extracts. The excised shoots, crude extracts and soluble extracts incorporated 2-¹⁴C-mevalonic acid (MVA) into carotenoids as well. The results indicated the presence of HMG-CoA reductase in the plant as well as an HMG activating enzyme. The soluble extract showed a pH optimum of 7. 0 for incorporation of HMG into …

Effects Of Soil Fumigations With Telone And Nemagon On Physio-Chemical And Ultrastructural Changes In Carrot Roots And Sweet Corn Seeds, Maureen Mei-Chu Chen

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Carrots (Daucus carota L. cv. Royal Chantenay) and sweet corn (Zea mays L. cv. Iochief) were grown on the Utah State University's Greenville farm in 1969 and 1970. The soil was fumigated with Telone (a mixture of 1, 3-dichloropropene and other chlorinated hydrocarbons) at the rates of 10, 20, and 30 gal/acre and Nemagon (1, 2-dibromo-3-chloropropane) at the rates of 1, 2, and 3 gal/acre one week before planting. Samples of uniformly mature carrot roots were taken for the studies of total carotenes, β-carotene, total and reducing sugars, respiration, and ultrastructural changes; and those of sweet corn seeds for the …

The Problems Confronting Small Utah Companies Seeking The First Increment Of Public Equity Capital, John A. Kerr

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The objective of this research is to isolate and analyze those areas which represent the greatest difficulty in expense, ad ministrative burden and confusion. Information was gathered by survey and interviews to determine what services are offered by underwriting firms and what services small businesses have found most beneficial in planning and executing their offering. The information gathered in Utah is compared with that gathered in California to determine the differences in the public equity markets of the two regions. These differences are the bas i s for the recommended changes in the underwriting procedures in Utah.

The Influence Of Bulk Density On The Hydraulic Conductivity And Water Content-Matric Suction Relation Of Two Soils, Rafael B. Andrade

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The influence of bulk density on saturated, unsaturated hydraulic conductivity, diffusivity and water content was measured on undisturbed and disturbed soil samples of Vernal sandy loam and Nibley silty clay loam. Bulk density was changed by artificially compacting the samples.

There was a very large decrease in hydraulic conductivity and diffusivity as water content decreased as has been noted by many others. For the disturbed and compacted samples of the Vernal sandy loam, the water content was higher at .33 and 1.0 bar suction than for the disturbed-uncompacted samples. The same general effect was noted for the undisturbed samples, but …

Phosphorus Distribution In The Bottom Sediments Of Hyrum Reservoir, Kirk L. Schmalz

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The distribution of phosphorus in the sediment of Hyrum Reservoir was studied by collecting and analyzing 84 sediment samples for total, inorganic, organic, and water-soluble phosphorus.

Sample locations were mapped by triangulation and sediment phosphorus distribution maps were made. Sediment analysis showed average total phosphorus content of 755 micrograms per gram, with organic phosphorus composing approximately 97 percent of total phosphorus.

Sediment samples showed variability in phosphorus content which precluded identification of point sources of phosphorus input to the reservoir. Several areas of comparatively higher phosphorus content in the sediments were shown with isopleth maps.

An estimate of the extent …

An Evaluation Of The Secondary Teacher Education Program At Utah State University By Selected Graduates, Dallas Lloyd Holmes

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Introduction

The present study attempted to identify the strengths and limitations of the Utah State University teacher preparation program, Recommendations of improvements and changes in the program were based on the evaluations of graduates of the teacher preparation program. Information was gathered to determine if any difference in graduate evaluations of the program would be found based on the graduate's sex, age at graduation, community size teaching in, number of years of teaching experience, secondary major area of preparation, and the college graduated from.

Method

A questionnaire was developed to survey the evaluations of the graduates of the teacher preparation …